Sr. UX Engineer
6sense
Our Mission:
6sense is on a mission to revolutionize how B2B organizations create revenue by predicting customers most likely to buy and recommending the best course of action to engage anonymous buying teams. 6sense Revenue AI is the only sales and marketing platform to unlock the ability to create, manage and convert high-quality pipeline to revenue.
Our People:
People are the heart and soul of 6sense. We serve with passion and purpose. We live by our Being 6sense values of Accountability, Growth Mindset, Integrity, Fun and One Team. Every 6sensor plays a part in defining the future of our industry-leading technology. 6sense is a place where difference-makers roll up their sleeves, take risks, act with integrity, and measure success by the value we create for our customers.
We want 6sense to be the best chapter of your career.
Purpose of the Job
As the first UX Engineer fully dedicated to the 6sense design system (6DS), you will act as the technical liaison between UX and Engineering, working to deliver a design system that is highly usable for designers and as easy as possible for developers to build. All of our engineers will continue to contribute to 6DS alongside their designer counterparts, but this front-end engineering role will play a unique role in helping to seamlessly bring together the concerns of both development and design.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between design, development, and product management to ensure the design system meets cross-functional user needs.
- Understand the why behind proposed component designs and assess technical feasibility. Scope development efforts.
- Build reusable, single-source-of-truth (SSOT) UI components in React, including design tokens and code-focused Storybook documentation.
- Communicate component changes and updates to the wider team.
- Work closely with product engineers to help them correctly implement SSOT components in our products.
- Ensure components are built for scalability, so that they can be extended as needed over time.
- Contribute to design system project planning, including estimating time to build components and effort required to implement components across the platform.
- Help review requests to add new components and extend existing components.
- As needed, develop prototypes and conduct user testing to gather feedback and iterate on design components and patterns.
Performance Measurement
- Frequency and ease with which components are reused across different projects.
- Average time taken to develop and deploy new components.
- Adherence to accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) in developed components.
- Completeness and clarity of code documentation for components.
- Load times and responsiveness of developed components.
Educational and Experience Requirements
- Experience building and documenting components as part of a design system team.
- Experience building UI components in React and working in Git and Storybook
- Expert-level knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Understanding of accessibility standards and practices
- Experience with design tokens and Figma developer tools
Competencies and Behaviors
- Expertise in front-end engineering.
- Deep understanding of usability principles.
- Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to drive coordination across cross-functional teams.
- Strong English writing skills to facilitate clear, concise component documentation.
Our Benefits:
Full-time employees can take advantage of health coverage, paid parental leave, generous paid time-off and holidays, quarterly self-care days off, and stock options. We’ll make sure you have the equipment and support you need to work and connect with your teams, at home or in one of our offices.
We have a growth mindset culture that is represented in all that we do, from onboarding through to numerous learning and development initiatives including access to our LinkedIn Learning platform. Employee well-being is also top of mind for us. We host quarterly wellness education sessions to encourage self care and personal growth. From wellness days to ERG-hosted events, we celebrate and energize all 6sense employees and their backgrounds.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
6sense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to jobs@6sense.com.
We are aware of recruiting impersonation attempts that are not affiliated with 6sense in any way. All email communications from 6sense will originate from the @6sense.com domain. We will not initially contact you via text message and will never request payments. If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official 6sense employee, reach out to jobs@6sense.com